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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND. April 10, 1897.
oPFgRIsGs.
wHEAf.-l. 200 bushels.
CORN.--500 bushels
OATs.-9.f00 bushels
MILLET-SEED.-44 bushels.
MILL OFFAL--6s tons.
SALES REPORTED TO sgosErARr.
wBEAT.-Longberry, 100 bushels prime az
Sec.
CORN.-White. 800 bushels worry good on pri-
yate terms.
OATs.-MiIed, 800 bushels very good on pri-
yate terms.
FL0Uk
We quots: Pine, s2.50ss2- IS: sapernne, s,.7ss
sS25; extra, 81. 51asa75; family, SiaA.s5; patent
family, country. sl.75as5.S5
COTTON REPORT.
Market quiet and steady.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
sALrIMoge srocx MARKET
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

BALTIMORE. MD. April 10 Virginia now 3
Cl 10-s0is, with coupon, a.. Bid to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

Arm i9-Market quiet and prices un-
changed. Slight sales az Jhc. Receipts princi-
pallV sc tie factories Prime, 3iis3tc. fancy,
S.,c common. iKasc; shelled. 3sic isc-
tory band picked. 3.aiAc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

defy competition on my MILLER
RYE WHIsKEY at $3.50 per gallon.
JULIEN BNFOBD,
1902 east Main street
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

Baltimore Baltimnre-Athletic game
postponed ON account Of rain.
Cincinnati /: CincinnaAiA Is; Clsvs-
lands. Q.
Louisville, Ky. 81 Loaf. .; Losis-
villes. 7.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

PORT OF RICHMOND. APRm 10, 1851.

PORT OF RICHMOND. APRIL 10, 1851.
ARRIVED.
Steamer ARIEL. Deyo, Norfolk, United States
mail, merchandise aud passengers. l. y. Ts-
tum. agent
Schooner Virginia L. Hickman. -, Kenne-
bee. ice, j. C. Smith Ice Company.
SAILED
Steauship Old Dominion. Jenney, New YORK,
merchandise and passengers, @. W. Allen
Co, agents.
Steamer Fanits, Hines. Philsdelphia, mer-
cbandise aud passengers. J. w. McCarrics.
steamer Samuel N. FELTON,. Amy. Cape
Charles City, merchandise aud passengers, r.
S. Baker, agent.
/. PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. ArRiL 10. 1887.
lBy teiegraph-l
ARRIVED.
steamship Rovona. Gibson, Galveston lcoSled
ana sailed for Falmoufh).
Steamship Aileghsny. Taylor, wss. Point,
and sailed for Norfolk.
scboouer I:Iastus Wiman, Bennett, provi.
Deuce, 10 lead coal
SAILED.
Steamship calvilla, Webster. Caracoa, light
Brig Bertha, searls, oposto. staveA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-20

military orders are reported 70 bestriof,
calling for The destruction Of property,
il necessary, and the use Of guns and
balls.
The greatest excitement exists, ana
IL would not be surprising TO see a min
iature Riel rebellion inangurated on
these land9. They were tbrown open
by the Arthur Administration February
20, 1894. and thousands OF honest set
tiers from all parts OF the United States
rushed in and took possession OF claims
The ground was ploughed, houses built;
and the work Of improvement continued
until President Cleveland revoked ar
Thurs proclamation. Only the GOODNESS
end caution Of Captain Myers CAT, pre-
vent bloodshed.
IBy Associated Pross.l
ST. PAUL, April 10. Dispatches re-
ceiyed tonight say the troops viii only
remove the settlers from Big Bend, and
that none of the other whites on the
reservation will be disturbed. Major
Anderson, the agent at Fort Thompson,
wants the pasturage at Big Bend to
Craze the agency cattle upon. After
ordering the settlers off these lands,
and upon their refusal to go, he made
reguisition upon the military. Only
about fifteen families viii be removed.
Sheriff Harris came in from the reserva-
ton to night and says no trouble is an
ticipated.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01

Feed twice daily and accustom them as soon
as possible to variety of good, soft food,
such as wheat and barley boiled and dried
up with oatmeal, rice boiled in milk and
mixed with wheat and barley-meal, cooked
potatoes mixed with meal occasionally.
Scalded Indian meal dried up with fine
wheat -four adds greatly to their weight,
If given frequently during the last ten days.
A little spice may be used, and If the geese
are eating the soft food freely, give little
barley or other grain in their drinking
water. A cabbage hung up for them to
pull at is useful change.
Maine can boast OF fifty-six farmers in
it's House of Representatives, and the
Farmer, of that State, says they are "the
substantial representatives of agricultural
interests and have been selected because OF
their broad intelligence and candid con-
servatism, whicA qualify them especially
for careful attention to all legislative af-
fairs"
Watch for the currant worm. Whenever
ragged leaves appear syringe with white
hellebore-a tablespoonful of the powder in
a pailful of water. Repeat in five days.
Thoroughly weed the strawberry-bed, and
apply a heavy mulch. Currants, raspber
ries, and all other fruit-besring shrubs vii
be greatly benefited by mulch of straw
bog hay or other litter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
A Thackeray Poem.

Here are some verses which l have been
knocking about, and are of the same
gloomy tendency. You must know that /
was making a drawing which was some
thing like you at first, but ended in face
that is not in the least like yours; where
upon the poet, ever on the watch for in
cidents, began "a Failure"
FAILURE
Beneath this frank and smiling face,
You who would look with curious eye
The draughtsmsn's inward mind to spy,
Some other lneAments may trace.
Ali many time try and try,
Lady, &c represent their grace.
Dear facet The smile with which tits lit,
The mantling blush, the gentle eyes,
Each individual feature lies
Within nv heart 50 faithful writ.
Why fails my pencil when 1t tries?
(Here lines may be inserted ad lib. compliment
tary TO the person)
/ look upon the altered line
And mink IL ever is my lot;
A something always comes to blot
And mar my impossible design
mocking fate that bids me pine,
And struggle and achieve IL not.
Poor bsulI ed endeav5rs incOmplete
Poor feeble sketch the world to show.
While he marred truth turks Loot below!
What's lie but this2 a cancelled sheet,
A laugh Disgusting defeat!
Let's tear and laugh and own 1t so.
From the "Unpublished Letters Of Thaek-
cray in ScribneI's Magazine for June.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01

the thing Ia low place in the tile will fill
with sand or mud and prevent part or al
of the outlet.
Three or four inch tile is large enough for
draining a slope where the land Is wet or
spTiDgy, and will carry off the water SO ii
can be plowed in day or two after rain,
and the slope will be as dry as the upland.
But in this wide ravine put six-lnch tile,
and here, where we had planted corn for
five years past and never got much but
weeds, only now and then an ear of corn,
this yesr we raised the best corn we had,
about sixty bushels to the acre. We also
put six-inch tile through the pond-hole,
and now no water stands in it over twenty
four hours after a rain. Here l had corn
that would go fifty bushels TO the acre. |
think we have ten acres of land in this 100
acre field that heretofore was waste land,
and it ran across the field in such way as
to hinder working 1t sometimes for week
after rain, but now we can plow or cult.
vate where the tile is in as well the Mex
day after rain as we can the driest part Of
the field.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Nitrogen in meadow Soil.

Professor McMurtie reports that the
series of experiments and investigations to
which Dehersin has been devoted upon
the experimental farm of the agricultural
school of Gregnon, in France, have shown
that when field is maintained in plowed
crops there is continued loss of nitrogen
in the soil. If these same fields be kept in
grass for an equal length of time there will
be q continued increase of nitrogen, and he
undertakes to explain this fact: (I) The
loss of nitrogen in cultivated soil is due
largely to the more rapid oxidation pro-
duced by the micro organisms, favored by
the movement of these organisms in the
operations of culture, and to the removal
in natural drainage of the nitrates pro-
duced. ~ The increase of nitrogen is
Que TO absorption of ammonia from the
air, shown by Schloesing; the ixation OF
atmospheric nitrogen, shown by Berthelot
and Joulie, the transfer of nitrates from
the lower drainage water By the roots OF
plants and by natural diffusion. Nitrates
are removed from the soil water by roots Of
plants at the surface, the equilibrium OF
solution is disturbed, and to perfect the
equilibrium nitrstes must pass from below
upward. The nitrogen thus becomes fixed
in the vegetable tissue which is left behind
the debris. These facts may not explain
the whole matter, but the capital point
upon which Dsherain insists, and which Is
OF practical interest to farmers is that soil
kept IN grass becomes enriched 10 nitrogen
(combinsdl while that Of pl0Wed fields be-
comes impoverished.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01

no better than his mare bad better let his
mare earn her living in the harness until
she is mature at least. Many farmers OBJ
ject to breedir 6 young because they do not
want to spoil nice young mare by breed
ing her. That is just one reason our horse
stock is so far behind other sock in many
localities. The best COWS, ewes and sows
are selected for breeders, but often it is the
bred; and then we expect to raise valuable
horses. Our opinion, then, is that the we'll
developed FLY or draft blood had best be
bred at two years. We believe that if
well cared for and not worked too much,
they VIII pay better than any other farm
stock.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Law Points for Farmers.
New YORK Journal


II q note is lost or stolen, it does not re-
lease the maker. He must pay it if the
consideration for which it was given and
the account can be proven.
Notes bear interest only when so stated.
Principals are responsible for the acts of
their agents.
Each individual in partnership is re-
sponsible for the whole amount of debts Of
The firm, except in cases Of special partner
ship.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
The law compels no one to dc impossi-
bilities.
An agreement without consideration is
void; note made on Sunday is void; con.
trscts made on Sunday can not be en-
forced.
A note made by minor Is void; con-
tract made with minor Is void; q con-
tract made with lunatic is void.
A note obtained by fraud or from a per-
son in state of intoxication can not be
collected.
1t is fraud to conceal fraud.
Signatures made with pencil are good in
law.
A receipt for money is not always con-
elusive.
'Value received is usually written in a
note, and should be, but it is not neces-
sary. If not written, it is presumed by
the law. or may be supplied by the proof
The maker Of an accommodation" bill
or note Zone for which be has received no
consideration, having lent his name or
credit for the accommodation Of the holder)
is bound TO all other parties precisely as if
there was a good consideration.
No consideration is sufficient IN law IL it
be illegal IN its nature.
Checks or drafts should be presented
during business hours, but, in this coun-
try, except in the case OF banks, the time
extends through the day and evening.
If the drawer of a check or draft has
changed bis residence, the holder must use
all reasonable diligence to find him.
If one holding a check as payee or other
wise, transfers it to another, he has a right
to insist that the check be presented that
day, or, at the farthest, the day following
A note Endorsed in blank (the name of
the indorser only written) is transferable
by delivery, the same as ii made payable
to bearer.
The time Of payment OF a note must not
depend upon contingency. The promise
must be absolute.
a bill may be written upon any paper
or substitute for it, either with ink or PEN
Gil.
The payee should be distinctly named in
the note, unless payable to bearer.
An indorsee has right of action against
all whose names are on the bill when he
received it.
II the letter containing protest OF nom
payment be put in the postofice, any mis-.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
l he 'em cause they Kind O.
A StrawperrY Pest.

Mr.. Ira Coe. the well-known fruit-grower
OF Quincy, III, says the Wing, of that city,
has discovered a small insect at work on
his strawberry plants, which bids fair to do
considerable damage. He has left at our
Office a number OF strawberries which have
been blasted by this insect, and states that
this new pest seems to be doing great dam.
age in this locality. At Centralia, in the
southern part of Illinois, the same insect is
at work, and fruitgrOwers will be inter
ested in the following account of its depre-
dstions contained in a special telegram
from Centrslis: The fruit-growers of this
section are very respondent over what
promises to be the destruction of nearly
the remainder Of the strawberry crop in
this section. For several days apprehan-
si0ns have existed in relation to a small
midget at work on the straw berry blossoms
AS none Of the growers In this vicinity had
any knowledge of this midget or its capac
tiles for depredatioDa. nothing could 0e
done bat await results. Many rowers
would Lot consent that any definite
dsmsge was done until day
or so ago, when the fact began
to dawn upon them in all its force. The
effect Of The work of the midget is to de-
stTOy the delicate face of the bloom and
obsnuct perfect fertilization in parts of
the berries, md 10 others TO kill them out
right. The fields to-day have been full of
done. The estimstes vary from so 10 10 per
cent. The exact amount will be developed
in few days, when il will De shown what
part OF ire younger buds will be killed and
what PER cent. will be saved. The midget
is still working vigorously, and the bloom
can be found in all stages, from the scaboy
quart grown berry TO the brown. spotted
bloom opening during the last few hours.
The mi0gets are in great numbers and any
efforts to destroy them would be useless.
New fields of berries seem to suffer IS badly
as the old cultivated ones. Growers are de-
sponceDt and GoEn-hearted. The canker-
WORN and caterpillar are st work upon APP
pie trees in large number of orchards,
and promise to be larger. The orchard OF
John Wall. living one mile east of this
city, las been stripped completely of both
fruit and leaves. In some orchards the
work Of the pest Is Just beginning to show.
The crops in some cases are dropping badly,
and the prospect for this crop and cherries
is not placed at over one hail a crop. This
report is based upon the best judgment of
all the intelligent growers in the vicinity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Hop Railing Encouraged.

Very dismal reports came from the large
hop-groTing districts OF central New York.
A reporter of the L tica Herald recently
visited the fields nesr Waterville, aud
gives the following account Of them: The
hTst fact that strikes person going through
the hop district IS that there are large
bodies of poles stacked Up, when they
ought to be IN use this time of the year
There IS also the appearance of much
newly ploved ground lying contiguous 10
the present hop yards. These two facts
testify 10 the extensive blowing up OF old
yards. Most OF the decrease in acreage has
been in grounds that have been devoted TO
hops from ten to twenty years. Occasion
ally we hear of a new yard that has had to
go. One man plOwed up three acres of
Humphreys that were set out two years
ago, the lice having struck them last year
and destroyed the vitality Of their roots.
The best looking vines aye the Canadas
AID the new yards of Humphreys and
clusters. In many yards the vines
are four TO six feet high, and
have been tied at least once.
They are growing also under
the influence OF this warm, dry weather.
But in the ajority OF cases the vines are
slim and weak. Hills that ought TO pro-
duce twelve or fifteen shoots to choose
from only send up six or eight. Ii is fire.
Quently the case that mass of vines comes
up and forms sort of bush about foot
or eighteen inches high, and then ceases 10
make further progress. When this oc-
ours it is Known that the hill Will produce
no crop this year. The number Of miss
hills is unusually large. In the yards OF
one grower who has about twenty tWO
acres there are two acres of "miss hills"
by careful calculation. This is a lIttle
over per cent. in itself. The estimate on
land plowed up ranges from 10 to 80 per
cent, and / talked With several who had
plowed up from 20 to 80 per cent and a,n
satisfied that they spoke the truth. II
ordinary years the blowing up is fully off
set by tne number of acres newly ser out.
But it IS not so this year. Ia the Waols
region of country l could learn of only
six men VINO had set out new pieces. and
every one of these men had Dl0Wsd NJ
more than he had set out. It is seldom
you meet grower, whether large or small
who has not turned over portion OF his
hop land and soved IL to oats. There
ought to be good crop of oats 10 this part
of the country. III we take the lower est.
mate OF plOTing up, viz 10 per cent, and
add to that another 3 per cent. for "miss
hills" we snail get shortage to start with
of II per cent.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Rreedipg Fll,ias

The question Is often asked, says w. w.
Hunter in the National Stockman, espe-
cially Dy those who have Just commenced
breeding good horses: AT what age may
breed NY grade FLIES without injurIng
them? When we began breeding draft
hoTses we visited several large horse breed
ers, whose experience and observation we
thought would be of much use to US. We
found many Of them breeding their fllies
at two years, and when asked for their res.
son for so doing they generally agreed that
perhaps the FLY might not develop into
quite rs smooth and shapely mare as she
might otherwise do, yet they thought she
would make better and more reliable
breeder than IL allowed to run until older.
A hslf-bloOd FLY would give & three-quar-
ter blood foal, which at one year old would
probably be worth as much as its dam was
worth when she was bred. Thus the mare
bred at two years, If she breeds at three
again. which she IS likely to do, at four
years will have more than paid for her
value at the time she was first
bred and for Der keeping for
that time. This seemed to us TO be good
reasoning, and what experience We have
bad and observation we have made has
confirmed Us IN that opinion. Now, we
would not recommend breeding flly at
two years, unless she is well grown aud
perfectly healthy, and then she had best
not be worked much until after the foal is a
month or two old, and should have good
care. What has been said, of course, refers
to thoEe who breed to pure-bred stations
for the purpose of grading mp. and getting
something better every time. The man
who intends TO breed TO horse which is
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Consumutiop Cured.

An old physician. retired from practice,
having had placed IN his hands by an East
India missionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Ca
tarrh, Asthma and all Throat and Lung
affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested its wonderful
curative powers in thousands Of cases, has
felt II his duty 10 make it known to hisssuf-
fering fellows. Actuated by this motive and
a desire to relieve human suffering, / will
send free of charge, TO all who desire 1t, this
recipe in German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing and using
Sent by mail by addressing with stamp,
naming this paper, w. A. Noyes, 149
Powers Block. Rnchesier. N Y.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
The Heifer's First Calf.
Rural New Yorker

If the heller herself is a spring calf, says
a correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
it is lot generally best to allow her to breed
so as to drop calf much before she is two
years old. But if she was herself born in
the fall she may be bred when nine or ten
months old, thus dropping a calf when
eighteen months old. There is a general
idea that heifers first calf is not worth
raising. Possibly for making beef breed
1t may NOT, but some of the best cows he
has ever known were thus bred. Jersey
COWS are noted for their earIinesss in com
ing to breeding age. In the warm climate
of their island home they breed at an early
sge, and this helps to explain not only
their small size, but their ackno wledged
excellence for the dairy. The vitality of
the young heifer is so soon diverted to milk
production that it becomes the most inn
poItant function of the animal economy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Currant XYorme.

The only serious drawback in the way of
growing currants is the ravsgss of the cur
rant worm. White helleb0re will destroy
them, however. To be effeciusl, and TO
save the bushes, il must be used as soon as
the worms appear. The life Of the bushes
is endangered If the worms are allowed to
strip them of their leaves. The best
method of applying it is in the form of the
dry powder, with bellows, or some suit
able contrivance for busting the leaves
with the powder. When the dew is on il
is the proper time. If a rain occurs soon
after. it may be necessary to make a second
application. Care shoull be taken not to
breathe the powder freely as 1t causes vio-
lent sneeZing
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-01
Howto Do 1t.

A farmer with 160 acres, says the Reg
lister, of Des Moines, lows, can easily and
economically keep twenty cows and have
yearly twenty high-g grade Short-horn
calves. For baby beef the heifers are about
IS good as steer calves. To make a good
pile of money, and make it soon, these
calves should be so led that at one year old
they viii weigh from 500 TO 600 pounds
eacD, ano be worth st least $50 each, or
81, 000 The following is a good way TO do
it: Wean the calves when they are three
days old, but feed warm fresh milk for
two weeks. Then feed half new milk with
the same amount of skim milk until three
wee ks old. Then commence putting in
boiled Oil-meal or faxssed, about a tea.
spoonful day. The oil-meal or hax5eed
should be boiled in the morning and
cooled to feed at the evening meal, when
it is, or should be, like jelly, and sho aid
be thoroughly stirred up with the milk.
Once q cay this amount for week. then
the flsxseed or Oil.meal can be fed twice
day, gradually but carefully increasing the
amount of oil-meal, so that by the time
the calves are two months old it Will be
safe to give them pint each per day. BY
this time they can begin to est corn and
oats ground together into meal, giving at
first handful per day, gradually lucreas-
ing to Iint. With the aid of good, Geet
clover hay, as much as they will eat al ali
times, they can be fed in this way until
six months old. II they are fall calves,
which they should be, with good pasture
just starting IN the spring, the oil-meal can
be dropped, feeding for the last six months
on grass, and feed dry meal, supplying the
season OF short, dry pasture, with green
corn fodder. Thus at twelve months, Just
at the time of commencing with the next
lot of young calves, they will be ready for
market at the highest prices. They
will bring 81, 900 cash, while the milk
from the twenty COWS should yield an
equal income. This would be what we
would consider dsyoting the farm to the
dairy and beef